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I recently purchased a small icon of Sts. Peter and Paul on Ebay. I like the icon, but there is one problem: there's no hole in the back for hanging it on a nail.

The icon is roughly 4 inches by 6 inches and is mounted on wood that is about a quarter inch thick.

I'd like to hang it on the wall in my icon corner, but I can't think of a good way to get it to hang. Drilling a hole in the back doesn't seem like a great idea. Does anyone have any suggestions and/or experience with this?

[I'd like to hang it on the wall in my icon corner, but I can't think of a good way to get it to hang. Drilling a hole in the back doesn't seem like a great idea. Does anyone have any suggestions and/or experience with this?]

How about one of those picture hanging hooks you can get in an appliance store? It has a loop on top and littlenail like indentations that go in the wood. I've have some of my Icons on such hooks.

Orthodoc

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BTW, what vendor did you buy from? I sometimes buy Icons off of ebay when I have money and knowing which vendors sell good products helps.

Joe, I highly recommend purchasing from eBay seller "mytsarina".

I have purchased from her several times and have always been pleased with my purchases. One time I received an icon and the post office had done it's worst while they were handling it, and she replaced it for me at no cost.

She always has a wide selection of icons, some are prints mounted on wood - originating from Sorfino in Russia, and most recently she has added icons from Greece as well.

She also has icons that are handwritten by nuns in Kiev, which are beautiful!

I know what you are saying. I gave almost all my real Icons away as gifts over the years, and now that I am going on my fifth straight month of unemployment after comign after a 2 week temp job that I got after 9 straight months of unemployment, I don't have any money with which I can use to buy Icons.

Joe Zollars

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